Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
The environment ministry has relaxed green norms on an interim basis for two Chhattisgarh coal mines given to Coal India's custody, in order to ensure production from these blocks. The mines -- Gare Palma IV/2 and IV/3 mines -- are under Coal India (CIL) custody as an interim measure after …
The Committee on Public Undertakings (2014-15) present this Fourth Report on Coal India Limited. The Committee on Public Undertakings (2012-13) had selected the above subject for detailed examination. Since the examination of the subject could not be completed during the term of that Committee, the Committee on Public Undertakings (2013-14) …
An Act to provide for allocation of coal mines and vesting of the right, title and interest in and over the land and mine infrastructure together with mining leases to successful bidders and allottees with a view to ensure continuity in coal mining operations and production of coal, and for …
Delhi High Court on Monday directed the Centre to maintain status quo on a Chhattisgarh mine, the bid for which by Jindal Power Ltd (JPL) had been cancelled by the Government. While passing the order on Tara coal block till April 16, the court also asked the Coal Ministry how …
The 24 government-run companies that have promised to generate 18,819 MW of green energy capacity in five years include NTPC Ltd., Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd., Coal India Ltd., National Hydroelectric Power Corporation Ltd. and SAIL (India) Ltd. Other than power generation, Green Brilliance Energy Pvt. Ltd. and CVC India …
However, they do not have a veto Surajbai, 80, hailing from Barkutta village, “repents” giving birth to four girls. Owner of six acres near the Kusmunda opencast coal mine, Surajbai has five children. Her son, Kumhar Singh, suffering from a deleterious mental illness, is bed-ridden and could not be employed …
Toilets will be constructed in all Government schools before start of new academic session. Apart from School Education Department, Tribal Welfare, Urban Development departments, public undertakings, Mandi Board, Laghu Udyog Nigam and Central PSUs are extending financial assistance for this. Private-public participation will be encouraged. Assistance will also be sought …
Ministry of Coal vide Office Memorandum No. 23011/107/2009-CPD (Vol.II) dated 13th June 2014 constituted a new `Inter Ministerial Task Force’ to undertake a comprehensive review of existing sources of coal and consider the feasibility for rationalization of these sources with a view to optimize transportation cost and materialization under the …
An inter-ministerial panel on fuel linkages has recommended providing coal to end-use plants linked to the blocks that have been cancelled by the Supreme Court. The Standing Linkage Committee (Long Term) recommended that “in view of the scarcity situation of coal, prioritisation of categories of coal supply be done...in case …
New financial analysis based on information on Coal India obtained via the Right to Information Act calls into question fundamental assumptions regarding Coal India’s long-term financial performance and raises important questions for asset owners, asset managers and advisors interested in the upcoming offering. The briefing also suggests key questions investors …
The Indian power sector is remarkably characterised as one where electricity availability has always lagged behind demand. India still has close to 75 million households (almost 45% of all rural households) with no access to electricity, but the existing system is stumbling in its efforts to even cater to the …
NEW DELHI: A high-level panel has recommended environment clearance, with some riders, for the expansion of mining project of CIL's arm, Western Coalfields Ltd, in Maharashtra. The Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) "after detailed deliberations, recommended for granting EC (Environment Clearance) with...specific conditions", according to an official document. The conditions are …
Industry experts say things are getting muddled as the government tries to balance contrasting objectives Will the NDA's coal block auctions fix the mess in India's coal sector? With the draft rules of the proposed coal block auctions in the public domain, a set of industry experts says things are …
The Government will allow commercial mining of coal by private companies after allocating mines to public sector companies and auction to specific-end users, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said today. “First you give it to the state and central PSUs. Thereafter, you make a pool of all actual users and have …
The Union coal ministry is pushing the West Bengal government to bring changes in its land policy in view of the hurdles Coal India (CIL) subsidiary Eastern Coalfields (ECL) is facing in getting land for developing and expanding mines. Union coal secretary Anil Swarup met West Bengal chief secretary Sanjay …
An Ordinance to provide for allocation of coal mines and vesting of the right, title and interest in and over the land and mine infrastructure together with mining leases to successful bidders and allottees with a view to ensure continuity in coal mining operations and production of coal, and for …
The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to restrain coal companies, that were directed to wind up mining in six months after their coal block allocations were cancelled, from extracting coal in this period and selling it. A bench headed by Chief Justice H.L. Dattu said as the court granted six …
Following a huge blow from the Supreme Court, and a series of serious technical glitches, the government has quietly asked Coal India to cancel the auction of three coal blocks that were put under the hammer although some 44 parties had evinced interest in them and two had finally bid. …
Approximately 40,000 mn tonnes of unexplored coal capacity will move to the govt after the SC verdict that cancelled all but four coal block allocations made over two decades The coal ministry has asked companies for details of blocks allotted to them over the past two decades in preparation for …
This moves it a step closer to signing off on a long-delayed $10 bn mine, rail and port project Coal is stockpiled at the Blair Athol mine at the remote Bowen Basin coalfield near Moranbah GVK and Australian billionaire Gina Rinehart have secured an environmental permit to build their Alpha …
